Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Record says: "We shall print very soon a series of articles on Harvard customs, which we hope will prove of some interest to our readers." We shall wait for these articles with much impatience, and we assure the little Record that they will prove of quite as much interest here as at dear old Yale...
...around us wait...
...should be suffered from want of it. But as for Roman Law, the book was not of the slightest consequence. No doubt it was expected to appear when wanted; and if not, it would not make much difference. Those who were foolish enough to choose such a study could wait eight or ten weeks well enough; or they could drop the study when they became tired of waiting, and grind up a little back work in some other branch. It would do them good, both by inculcating the habit of industry and by illustrating the terrible uncertainty of human expectations...
...race was for two miles, but the first excited little interest. The first half-mile Benton led, with Phillips second, having passed Bowie just before crossing the line. The end of the next quarter Bowie struck out a little, but in a moment fell back again, contented to wait. At the opening of the second mile the large audience were thoroughly roused and eager. The runners quickened slightly, but retained their relative positions till the last half-mile, when Benton led by at least thirty yards, - a large gap which it seemed impossible to close. In the next quarter Phillips...
...tribe my warrior husband's coming wait...